Johnson was born in [[New York, New York]] and graduated from Morehouse College before earning a law degree from Columbia Law School.<ref name="bio"/>

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Johnson was born in [[New York, New York]], and graduated from Morehouse College before earning a law degree from Columbia Law School.<ref name="bio"/>

==Career==

==Career==

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Three [[United States Senate|Senate]] [[Republicans]]-- [[Chuck Grassley|Grassley]], [[John McCain]] and [[Lindsey Graham]]-- publicly stated that they intended to place a hold on Johnson's nomination.<ref name="jeh"/>

Three [[United States Senate|Senate]] [[Republicans]]-- [[Chuck Grassley|Grassley]], [[John McCain]] and [[Lindsey Graham]]-- publicly stated that they intended to place a hold on Johnson's nomination.<ref name="jeh"/>

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==Controversies==

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===Secretary of Homeland Security===

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====Immigration policy enforcement====

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::''See also: [[2014 illegal immigration surge]]''

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Having declared immigration reform a top priority for his second term, President [[Barack Obama]] made border policies stricter on June 20, 2014, due to the increase in undocumented migrants crossing the border from Mexico. While Republican opponents of the president claimed weak immigration policy was encouraging more people to cross the border illegally, a White House spokesperson suggested Mexican drug gangs were spreading misinformation about American policy to recruit drug mules.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-administration-announces-new-steps-to-stem-flow-of-immigrants-at-texas-border/2014/06/20/70ddf186-f897-11e3-a3a5-42be35962a52_story.html ''The Washington Post'', "Obama administration announces new steps to stem flow of immigrants at Texas border," June 20, 2014]</ref> When asked about the administration's policies, Johnson stated, "Our message to those who come here illegally: Our border is not open to illegal migration." He also explained that he was working with President Obama to find possible executive actions to solve the immigration issues.<ref>[http://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-live/2014/07/jeh-johnson-border-not-open-to-undocumented-immigrants-191580.html ''Politico'', "Johnson: Border 'not open' to undocumented immigrants," July 6, 2014]</ref>

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The Obama administration claimed on July 11, 2014, that the number of unaccompanied minors crossing the border illegally could be up to 90,000 by the end of the fiscal year, September 30. Johnson urged a funding increase during testimony before Congress, arguing, "People in Central America need to see illegal migrants coming back. We have to return people … They need to see people coming back, that they wasted their money."<ref>[http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/jeh-johnson-immigrant-children-how-many-border-crisis-108772.html#ixzz38OOH9DOJ ''Politico'', "Johnson ramps up border projections," July 11, 2014]</ref>

Controversies

Secretary of Homeland Security

Immigration policy enforcement

Having declared immigration reform a top priority for his second term, President Barack Obama made border policies stricter on June 20, 2014, due to the increase in undocumented migrants crossing the border from Mexico. While Republican opponents of the president claimed weak immigration policy was encouraging more people to cross the border illegally, a White House spokesperson suggested Mexican drug gangs were spreading misinformation about American policy to recruit drug mules.[6] When asked about the administration's policies, Johnson stated, "Our message to those who come here illegally: Our border is not open to illegal migration." He also explained that he was working with President Obama to find possible executive actions to solve the immigration issues.[7]

The Obama administration claimed on July 11, 2014, that the number of unaccompanied minors crossing the border illegally could be up to 90,000 by the end of the fiscal year, September 30. Johnson urged a funding increase during testimony before Congress, arguing, "People in Central America need to see illegal migrants coming back. We have to return people … They need to see people coming back, that they wasted their money."[8]